Aeroplan is starting Boxing Day promotions early. From now until January 2, 2018, members can earn up to 7x the miles on select retailers (including: Michael Kors, Indigo, Under Armour, iTunes, Sephora, Nike) at the Aeroplan eStore. Costco.ca has its own 4x miles promotion between December 18, 2017 to December 28, 2017.
Aeroplan is offering a 30% conversion bonus from hotel loyalty programs, without any limit. The offer runs from November 6, 2017 until December 11, 2017.
This is not as good as the last promotion of 35% bonus, but at least they seem to have given up that old tiering system, where the more points you transfer, the more bonus miles you get. This is definitely a better offer.
Pointshogger contributor, Seth Stranton, who is a moderator on Reddit and creator of a charity called Miles4Migrants. He, like many of us, is also obsessed with collecting credit card points and airline miles. Today, Seth will share how Miles4Migrants came to be and you can help!
Origin of Miles4Migrants
Rocketmiles is a hotel booking engine which looks for the best rates for over 400,000 hotel chains around the world (see our review post: Rocketmiles). Rocketmiles offers both flexible refundable rooms and nonrefundable rooms at a lower rate. They have teamed up with Aeroplan to offer an opportunity to earn bonus miles. There are different promotions for new and existing members.
Aeroplan has launched a Million Mile Contest.
To qualify, you will need to share your travel pictures, videos and stories using the hashtag #withaeroplan on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram for a chance to win 1 of 5 prizes of 1 million miles.
There will be 1 winner be per over the next 5 weeks.
I know that I have been writing about Aeroplan quite frequently lately, but it does seem like they are making a big effort to increase their presence.
When I logged into my E-Rewards account today, I noticed that Aeroplan is now a transfer partner:
With all the negativity surrounding Aeroplan lately, it is always nice to see some positive news. Aeroplan has a shopping portal called eStore. Shopping portals are ways to earn bonus miles and points through online purchases. For instance, if you happen to want to buy something from Michael Kors, instead of going to the physical store or online, you can go through a shopping portal like Aeroplan’s eStore. The eStore redirects you to the same Michael Kors website, when you proceed with making your purchase online, you will earn bonus Aeroplan miles for something that you were going to buy anyway. Furthermore, double dip when there are 3x or even 5x the bonus miles earning opportunities.
When selecting seats on an Aeroplan reward flight, members now have access to the Star Alliance partner site online. This feature eliminates the need to call the Aeroplan Contact Centre to select seats when flying on a Star Alliance carrier. Instead, members can now go directly to the Star Alliance carrier site using the Star Alliance record locator to select their seat.
Based on the wording from an Aeroplan news release, it may seem like the the door is left open for them to renew their contract. I mean, there is still 3 years to go before it expires. So for the time being, it is business as usual for Aeroplan members.
From Air Canada’s perspective, they seem more firm that their plan is to launch its own loyalty program.
This is more of a continuation of Avery’s post (Aeroplan has a little problem…) from DTCA about problems with Aeroplan.
Normally, I much prefer not writing any negative posts, because this blog is suppose to be about maximizing rewards with some tips and tricks. But when we hit too many roadblocks, it may feel like our suggestions are not even useful.